Harry and Meghan and the coronation.

[purpledalmation]

If King Charles asked people not to boo the couple and did a deal with newspapers and TV to not print pictures of them or comment on their appearance, do you think they would come.

If there was a total news blackout where they were concerned (which I would just love!) so we didn't have to even see them, (apart from a passing glimpse), i think I could bear them coming. Daddy clearly want them there. Fatted calf and all that.

Would this get around the problem of them taking the spotlight away from the actual ceremony?

but Kate went to a vigil in the middle of lockdown.
why shouldn't Meghan lay flowers at the scene of a shooting, or is it only because its Meghan its wrong. well of course I know the answer.

Because Kate represents the Royal Family and they are expected to be present at tragedies.

Meghan has no role or position in the United States. In fact, she had only been living back in the US for a brief moment after having lived in Canada and then the UK when this happened. We don't expect private citizens to show up a sites of grave tragedy here.

But it was made clear that Kate went as a private citizen.

Kate never brought a camera or publicised any aspect of her visit.

Did Meghan go as ' Meghan ' or did she go as the Duchess of Sussex ?

I’m green!

Kate took a photographer on her private visit.

Kate attended a public vigil. Like it or not, she's does not exist as a private citizen.

MM arranged jet and flew to another state bringing security and staff along with her at a time when no public event was occurring. Either brought her own photographer/videographer or knowingly marched out in front of them.

Aye sure she was.

The vigil was declared illegal and women were arrested who attended. When the media questioned about Kate's attendance the Palace made it very clear she attended as a private citizen.

Uvalde is well over a 1000 miles from Montecito. 🤨

We are now supposed to forget that Tony Blair pays for his own security when not at home. And Kate Moss also paid for her own jaunt protected by the met

Blair gets security wherever he is, not because he opts to defray part of the expenses of providing it. He would receive it irrespective of whether he chose to pay, because RAVEC have decided the threat against him warrants it.

Kate Moss has never had personal protection. She did once hold an event that required police crowd control/traffic management, and she paid costs in the same way as eg football clubs and other large event organisers pay part of the regular policing costs. But that is entirely unrelated to the (specialist) function of personal protection

The fact that you are posing this question on mumsnet and have received over 400 answers should be indication of the vast interest people have in this couple.

The media is the one that profits from this, it definitely will not agree to any blackout as evident during the queen's funeral.

@Samcro

You're spot on.

Why would adults boo a couple that have not had a personal impact on them?

It just sounds crass and immature.

Precisely nothing to do with the RF and yet you are criticising her. If you continue to insist that Uvalde was a photo op regardless of what the actual reporters on the ground and the people there there said about it - it is apparent that there is nothing she can do without people like you always ascribing malign intentions.

and it was during lockdown.
but guess what , I think its fine she went. same as I think its fine Meghan went.
but Kate even though it was against the rules at the time....posters make excuses.
Meghan does similar and gets bashed.

Agree. It's horrible behavior and serves no one. No respectable person would do this.

I think people are more likely to snigger than boo

After all, who can look at him now without thinking dog bowl, frostbite and 8 Hour Cream?

The (then) Duchess visited mid after-noon, not during either the 18:30 vigil let alone the rally following.

People visited to pay their respects over a good 5 days. There was only one period of a couple of hours when crowd control was used.

There were no restrictions against being outdoors in small groups at the time, and aside from the evening rally, that is how thousands of people paid their respects with no hindrance whatsoever

(I'm very local, so saw events myself)

Of course you have plebeians there and lots of them. They are everywhere. It means commoners.

If they do come - although no one wants them here - let’s hope the boos dominate. They certainly don’t get cheers because they are utterly undeserving of them.

Tony Blair has 24/7 security at his home. Always. When he travels he takes the Met with him and fairly pays for it.
Presumably, when Boris leaves Carry and dc behind (if he has ever done), he pays for any security he takes - press tend to be quiet on that front.
That should be the case for all ex PMs and those qualified for all round security, after term of service.

KM's village wedding is not the same as a football match, where yobs will have drunkenly conduct , will it. The football punters are known for their behaviour, which is different to wedding guests and village onlookers.

I am not living in ancient Rome and "pleb" today, in America, is just disparaging slang used by people who believe they are better than others.

Though that poster apparently believes that we also have royalty now in the US and that the entire United States is Meghan's state.

The photojournalists who were there documenting what was happening (not part of Meghan’s people) have said that she did not set up any shots. The people who were there and surprised by her visit also have not said anything negative about her - and there have been many choice words about other issues about the police and local politicians. I choose to believe them - they would certainly not stand for people hogging the limelight.

She also made a stop for the volunteers before to give them supplies and food - they have confirmed this. This was not photographed because photojournalists were not there and maybe - maybe Meghan wasn’t travelling with a photographer (I know - shocking).

My point stands - she attended, it was treated in the most mean spirited way possible - see how many of you all genuinely believe she went there for a photo op - and have somehow made her being at Uvalde about the RF.